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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, urezoji, Wednesday Morning August 24, 1938
Discord Seen
Behind Front
Order Explain Patriotic
Organizations Blast Be
Coordinated
HANKOW, Aug. 2S.-(P-Di8-eord
behind the front of China
worker organization deemed on
united resistance waa brought Into
th open iwm7 r
Generalissimo Chiai.g Kai-Shek's
chief of staff dissolving proletar
lan organizations inspired or
sponsored by Chinese commun
ists. 'Ceneral Chen Cheng, aa politi
cal and military boss of the Wo
ban metropolitan area Wuchang,
jtankow and Hanyang ordered
desolation of the national salva
tion corps, national emancipation
vanguards and other student and
der communist away. - -
"The order explained that Gen
eta) Chen considered It imperative
It.a'r e 1 f rtrtl !Htal mil mttriotte or
g's nidations be coordinated under
one leadership o aa to eliminate
ever lapping activities and guar
antee efficiency.
'tie 'said the organisations now
dissolved had refused to comply
'Hh moves to that end.
"Hankow's leftist press assailed
the action, charging It violated
the spirit of a peace agreement
which ended a . decade of struggle
Lt-tweon the Kwomintang (nation
a 1 1st party) and Chinese commun
ists shortly before the war with
Japan began.
Tula agreement paved the way
fV organization of the united
front against Japan, the newspa
per said.
'Chinese communist leaders,
however, were believed unlikely
try -make a major issue of the dif
f lenities of subsidiary or sympa
taizing groups in this area.
Seafaring Youths
End
MARSHF1ELD, Ore.. Aug. 23-(V-W'lth
some of the original
money they sailed from home with
til ljlngling In their pockets,
two"youthswnose 30-foot home
made ketch, the NJord. carried
the o 8000 miles to the south
seas and back dropped anchor in
their home port this week.
,Xhe youths. John Edlund and
Clyde Johnson, left here . more
than a year ago. When they , re
turned they still bad some of
thftr nrlrinal itake. Thev cam
hero from Aberdeen, Wash.
where they struck; land en a re
turn jaunt from the Marquesas
an, Hawaiian . islands.
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llEUGENB, Aug. ,11 -iP)- An
avalanche roared down the South
Sister mountain peak late yester
day and turned the churning
wnlte water of the McXenxle river
to a wterd red. .-
Forest rangers said thi great
lid plunged tons of red lava Into
Separation creek. Separatiea
creek emptied Us strange bur
den Into Horse creek and then dn
into me Mcn.eazie.ji' lam ameliora
tion reached the Leabur power
plant and flowed into Ue, Wil
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Boy Intercedes
:In Qiiarrel, Shot
.!:' By Irate Father
" ' BAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 83-(Ay-V
17-year-old boy. Fulton
Vickery, who Interceded for his
mother in a family quarrel, was
hot through the abdomen by his
father. Deputy 8herlff Blake Ma
son reported today.
f; In jail on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon la Elliott
B.i Vickery, 47, cafe operator.
Young Vickery, according to
Mason, grabbed his father's arm
as he heard him say "I'm going
to blast youf' During the strug
gle the gun, a Si-calibre revolver,
discharged and the youth slumped
to' the ground.;
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US Officials
Lenuthy Trip
Greeted at the Seattle airport by J. D. Ross (right) Bonneville administrator, R. J. Monroe Johnson, as
; ihistaut secretary of eommerce (left) and Louis Johnson (center) assistant secretary of war recently
, Mj u rued in Seattle a while before taking a tour of inspection of-Alaska. The two Johnsons win fly
t to Alaska la an amphibian plane, duplicate of the Pan-American Baby Clipper, to look over army de
fensea of the northern territory and to inquire Into the possibilities of civil aviation. Both officials will
atady the proposed ronte of the Alaakaa highway which will ran from Haxelton, B. X, to Fairbanka,
AUka. The estimated cost of the highway is 15,0O0,000.(IXX).
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A mysterious powder blast of terrific force recently rocked the business district of Mountain View, Cal.,
and wrecked the Interior of a bank. Police stated the blast apparently was caused by a keg of powder
placed beside the oopper-stadded door of the bank. Home of the copper studding were found many
; blocks away. Xigbt Patrolman Claude I, S teach said be saw a man sprins; out from a side door of the
. bank and run donn the street. A few minutes later the explosion occurred with a great detonation,
shattering store windows and threw Steaeh up against a building. The man eluded the patrolman bat
some foot prints, were found near a railroad track. Local FBI agents took over the case.. Photo shows
the wrecked interior of the bank as Agnes Moqnln, Herman Smith (center) and Robert Fleshman in
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Shields Is Burned
To Death in Home
Charred Bones Reveal Man
Trappetl Alone Inside
Flaming House
SILVERTON. Aug. 23. A few
charred bones were all that re
mained of Bert Shields. 50, Tues
day morning following the fire In
which be was trapped and which
destroyed the Shields home.
Just how: the fire originated
will never be known,' bat Will
Graham, living across the creek
from the Shields home, first saw
the blaze and turned In the fire
alarm. John; and Sevcrt Nortess.
brother-in-laws . of Mr. Shields,
living in their home but a few
yards from the Shields home were
the first to arrive. They said that
as the doors, of the house were
open they were of the opinion that
Mr. Shields had escaped. The en
tire house waa on fire by then
and the roof caved in shortly aft
er. It was not until after the fire
department arrived and the fire
was somewhat under control that
the -remains were discovered.
The alarm waa turned In at
4:45. and it la generally believed
that ' Mr. Shields itad been smok
ing. From his position when he
was .found, indications were .that
he had tried to get out but waa
overcome by the smoke.
Shields hsd lived - at Silverton
for about 30 years. His survivors
Include the ( widow. Elaine Nort
ness Sbleldsj who had gone to the
home of her brother to. sleep, a
sister. Josie Mofett of Portland,
and three brothers. Ran of Sil
verton; Earl of Portland, and Roy
la California.
At the call of Silverton's night
officer, E. H. Wheeler, Coroner
L. E. Barrlck and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Joe Felton came
ever to investigate the case. They
pronounced j It accidental. The
remains are la charge of the Ek-
man Funeral home.
Mary Astor Hurt,
Thrown off Horse
it
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. Aug,
23-iP)-Tkrown from her horse aa
It skied at an automobile, Mary
Astor, screen actress, received un
determined back Injuries today.'
She waa removed to Santa Monica I
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Wrecked by Mystery Explosion
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Samuel Ilirschfleld, ordered x-ray
photographs taken.
Miss Astor was injured at the
Riviera Country club stables. She
had JustTnounted "Grey Jack," a
polo pony presented to her recent
ly by Actor Jack Holt. ,
She was thrown to a cement
floor as the pony reared, her hus
band, Manuel Del Campo, said.
He rushed her to the hospital.
Youth Delegates,
Pledge Pacifism
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. T., Aug
2 3. -()-Youths of 47 nations, cul
minated eight days and nights of
their second world congress today
with a'pledge never to participate
in a war of aggression.
The pledge waa'presented in a
500-word statement condemning
war. 5- .
Italy and Germany were the
only major nations not represent
ed at the youth congress.
Delegates who did not ' affix
their signatures to the pact, eith
er because they were absent at the
closing ceremonies or because
they said they were not author
ized to take such action, includ
ed those from Japan, Santo Do
mingo, Bolivia, Bulgaria and the
Philippines."
A minority group of 14 mem
bers of the American delegation
opposed the pact and refused to
sign on the 'ground, their leader
explained, that the agreement
should not be directed against
wars of aggression only, but
against all wars. !
Jitterbugs Truck
To 57 Jive Bands
CHICAGO, Aug. -(jp)-More
than 200,000 "alligators" trucked
to Soldier field on the lake front
tonight to get in the groove with
57 swing bands. '
The "jitterbugs" who managed
to resist the walls of the "lico
rice tick" rboys, occupied all
available seats, the infield was a
mass of swaying, shouting danc
ers, and surrounding areaways
were cluttered.
Police Capt. John Prendergaat
and Barnet Hodes, city corpora-
, tion counsel, estimated the atten
uate ai Deiween zi,vvv ana
225.000. The iamboree was soon
sored by the city's new century
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Increase in CE
Officers to Be Elected
at Weekend; Noted
Ministers Talk
Appointment of committees and
receipt of reports featured Tues
day's -sessions of the annual
Christian Endeavor convention
now in progress at Turner. All
sessions are being held in the
tabernacle there.
The reports . showed that the
membership has increased during
the past year and that the organ
ization Is on a sound financial
basis. Classes in religious instruc
tion opened today and will con
tinue until late Saturday.
Speakers at the convention in
cluae a number of outstanding
Oregon ministers. Officers were
to be elected Friday or Saturday.
The resolutions committee was
expected to report Thursday.
TURNER The Oregon State
Christian Endeavor summer con
ference opened for Its 19th ses
sion at the Turner tabernacle
Monday night with 103 delegates
registered.
Dr. Walter L. Myers presided at
the evening meeting with Rev.
Chester P. Gates giving the open
ing address.
Rev. James Aikln Smith of Cot
tage Grove conducts Bible atady
each morning while Mrs. C. W.
Stacey, Salem, has charge of nar
cotic education. The conference
will close Sunday.
Santiam Surface
Will Be Applied
Oil - surfacing of the 17 -mile
section of the North Santiam high
way Immediately above Detroit
win begin in about two weeks.
County Engineer N. C. Hubbs
was informed yesterday. The con
tractor, hired by the state, is now
busy laying the base for the new
surfacing.
Hubbs said the county's own
oiling program was finished Mon
day, with 1C miles of newly sur
faced roads as the result, In addi
tion the state with federal funds
has oiled three miles of the south
river road.
The county bridge crew is now
at work on bridges on the Elkhorn
road.
Search Is Opened
Boys
ROSEBURO- Orm. Anr ftn
-The sheriff's office launched a
search tonight for Myron Beck,
19. Louisville. Kr.. n av r
lan, 20, New York, missing since
Sunday morning in rfthe Callahan
trail section of the fugged coast
range west of here. 4
Smith, who said ha vimM th
youths to stay on the trail, be
lieved tney became confused and
took the wrong trail
toward Coos
river.
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393Vk Court St. Corner Liber
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Rebels Attack
Central Front
Insurgents Reported in
Rapid Advance Onto
Tagus Sector 7 '
HENDATE. France (at the
Spanish frontier), Aug. 23-fp)-Spanlsh
Insurgent armies shifted
their main assault today from the
deadlocked southern and eastern
fronts to the Tagus river arear on
the central front, 90 miles south
west of Madrid.
Insurgent armies there were re
ported advancing rapidly in a
drive which, after three days of
stesdy attacks, took on the pro
portions of a broad offensive.
Move Began Sunday -Since
the movement began on
Sunday, Insurgents, said, their
troops occupied the Talavera-Mer-ida"
highway on the alz-mile
stretch between La Nava De Ri
comaltiUo and Campillo, and
pushed on eastward to Dominate
several miles along the highway to
Tolego, SO miles to the northeast.
Transfer of Insurgent reinforce
ments to this sector after a stalled
offensive against Almaden, 60
miles to the- south, indicated in
surgents had abandoned, at least
temporarily, their direct drive on
the government's mercury mining
area.
Carlson Subbing
As Administrator
Victor D. Carlson, state field
administrator for the state relief
committee, arrived here to pinch
hit for Glenn C. Niles as Marlon
county relief administrator and
executive secretary to the county
committee. Niles. who recently
was taken to a Portland hospital
for treatment of an injury, was
reported progressing nicely yes
terday but unlikely to ,be able to
return to work soon.
Carlson Is expected to be re
tained here until the county relief
committee has named a successor
to Niles, who recently submitted
bis resignation effective as of Oc
tober 1. Applicants for the posi
tion here are being advised to ap
ply to the state relief committee,
whose staff will pass on their qua
lifications. The selection will
then be made from among quali
fied applicants by the county com
mittee. Suspend Cruelty
Charge, for Pair
PORTLAND. Aug. 23.-P)-Mr.
and Mrs. James Taylor' of Banks.
Ore., received an Indefinite con
tinuation of charges of cruelty to
children from Municipal Judge
Julius Cohn today. The complaint
aaid they locked their two Infant
daughters In a truck cab while
they Went to a theatre late Satur
day. The children's cries attract
ed police.
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Wagner Act Change
Requested by AFL
Council Agrees to Seek
Amendments From Next
Congress Session
ATLANTIC CITT, N. J-, Aug.
23-(p-The American Federation
of Labor's executive council
agreed today to seek amendments
by congress to the federal wage
hour law to curtail some of the
broad discretionary powers now
vested in a wage-hoar law admin
istrator, '
"The wage-hour law as now
written," President William
Green of the federation told re
porters, "leaves the Impression
the administrator has dictatorial
powers. We will prepare and in
troduce in the next congress
amendment s designed -to over
come its defects."
Highlight of Day
The agreement to seek changes
in the wage-haur act highlighted
the day's session of the council,
which included a review of pur
ported "inconsistencies" In labor
relations board decisions invplv
lng AF of L craft unions, and a
discussion with John P. Frey, the
metal trades department chief, jot
bis congressional committee testi
mony about alleged communist
activities in the CIO. ' j
In outlining the council's atti
tude toward amending the wae
hour act. Green said the federa
tion's proposals were no criticism
of the act's new administrator.
Elmer F. Andrews. "
14 Japanese Dead
As Planes Collide
TOKYO, Aug. 24-(Wednesdiy)
JPy- Fourteen persons were
killed and at least ISO were jln
jured today when two airplanes
collided over an Iron foundry,
which was set afire by exploding
gasoline.
Ten of the dead were workmen,
burned In the foundry.
The crash , was in Omori, su
burban district. The three crew
members of one of the ships, a
transport plane, died in the crash.
The pilot of the other craft, a
training plane. Jumped but his
parachute did not open and he
was killed. His plane fell la front
of a geisha house, but none of
the occupants was injured.
Statement Made
Of 0 & C Grants
County Clerk U. G. Boyer yes
terday prepared to transmit to the
Interior department at Washing
ton a statement from -Assessor R.
"Tad" Shelton showing valuation
of Oregon A California grant
lands revested in Marion county
In 1915 as 1407.720. The county
court . yesterday received a re
quest for this information, to be
used in setting up the new admin
istration of the grant lands un
der an act of the last congress.
The act allots to counties 60
per cent of all proceeds from
grant lands and varying propor
tions of the remainder according
to the cost of administration.
TODAY . . . . . and While Quantities ILnot
SIPIECHAIL IPHMCIHIASIE
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Boosts Sprague
KERN CRANDALL
Crandall Certain
Sprague Will Win
MARSHFIELD, Aug. 23-(P-Kern
Crandall, state republican
chairman, described C h a r 1 e a
Sprague, republican nominee, "a
certainty" to defeat Henry Hess,
democratic candidate, for gover
nor at the general electlona In
November. -
He visited the Coos Bay area
yesterday for the first time since
his appointment as patty leader.
"The republican party cam
paign1 in Oregon this fall will be
a house-to-house campaign with
hundreds of party workers taking
off their coats and digging in,"
he said. -
He aaid one of the most diffi
cult (contests would be between'
Homer W. AngelL republican, and .
t 1 1 a Von WnnA Tlrvnv.
man; democrat, for congressman
In the third district.
Work Anolications
Are Dropping Off
New applications for Jobs list-,
ed by the Oregon employment j
service, thus far In August are1
running IS per cent less than at '
the end of July, the state unem-j
ployment commission reported
here Tuesday.
During the week ending Aug
ust 13. new applications totaled
1305 with 1018 renewals. At the
close of July, new applications ran
1510 per week and renewals 1530.
The active file of Job applicants
now stands at 95.513.
Filing of original claims for
Jobless Insurance showed a aim- j
ilar drop, from 9C2 to 578, offi
cials said.
Suit to Halt Recall
Of LA Mayor Started
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 23-(4V
Alleglng that 15.000 algnatures
to a petition demanding a recall
election September IS against
Mayor Frank L. Shaw are fraud
ulent or illegally obtained, a suit
to halt the vote was filed today
in superior court by Attorney Jo
seph Schott on behalf of three
taxpayers.
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Board Prevented
Discharging Four
Restraining Order Saves
Jobs of Teachers Who
I Would De Retired
A restraining order issued bf,
the state supreme court will pre
vent the Salem school board from
discharging its four faculty mem
bers who are subject to the state
retirement art. District Attorney
Lyle J. Page announced yeiterdsy
afternoon. He so advised School
Director Percy A. Cupper.
Tbe local board bad stipulated
by Edwsrd A. Miller, Grsnt school
principsl who filed suit latt win
ter attacking validity of tbe re
tirement law, that the case here
should lie dormant until final de
termination of the matter was had
through three similar actions filed
In Multnomah county. Page filed
this stipulation in circuit court
yesterday. - .
Not expecting a restraining or
der to be issued. Page had recent
ly announced he would advise the
Salem board to replace the one
teacher and three principals
whose ages put them In the re
tirement classification.
.The Portland cases are on ap
peal to the US supreme tourL
Capra's Son Dies
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 23-(,T,-John
Capra. J-year -old sou of
Frank Capra. motion picture di
rector, died in a bospitsl here to
day while undergoing an opera
tion for removal of his tonsils.
HERE 15 OKE OF OUR JOES
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roof on your home is to see
some of the other roofs in the
neighboring community that
have been put 6n by the com
pany yon intend to buy from.
Make sure of this point be
fore you buy from anybody.
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